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pre-1500's: |
Native Americans, primarily the Pipa Aha Macav, inhabit the area Colorado River Valley. |
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1540: |
Melchlor Diaz, a Spanish explorer, is the first European to explore the area. |
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1852: |
Steamboats begin making trips up the Colorado River from Port Isabel. |
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1857: |
Lieutenant Edward F. Beale uses the area to test camels for desert military travel. |
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1859: |
Camp Colorado (later known as Fort Mohave) is established. |
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1864: |
Harrison Hardy establishes Hardyville. |
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1872: |
A fire destroys portions of Hardyville. Another fire ravaged the town just one year later. |
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1883: |
Mail service to Hardyville is discontinued. |
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1883: |
Needles is founded as a result of the coming railroad. |
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1890: |
Red Rock Cantilever Bridge is built. |
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1890: |
Fort Mohave is disbanded. |
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1900: |
Katherine Goldmine is discovered. |
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1902: |
The site for Davis Dam is selected. Construction begins forty years later. |
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1953: |
Davis Dam is completed, submerging Bull's Head Rock with water. |
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1964: |
Don Laughlin buys the area known as South Pointe and opens a casino. The settlement is later named Laughlin by the USPS inspector. |
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1984: |
Bullhead City is incorporated. |
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